Leggin



(No Model.)

M. M. SWEENY.

LBGGIN.

No. 373,788. Patented Nov. 2v2, 1887.

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WTWESSES UNITED 4, STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MILTON M. SWEENY, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

lI EGGIN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 373,788, dated November 22, 1887.

Application filed August 13, 1887. Serial No. 246,881. (No model.)

vpertains to make and use the saine, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and tolettersortguresofreference markedthereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figurel of the drawings is a representation of this invention, and shows a perspective view 0f a leggin opened so as to show all the fastenings.' Fig. 2 isa vertical section through the two edges of the leggin when fastened together. 'Fig'. 3 is a detail and a perspective View.

The invention relates to improvements in leggins, referring more particularly to the fastenings of the same; and it consists inthe construction and novel combination or" parts, as hereinafter described.

Referring t0 the accompanying drawings by letters, A designates a piece of suitable material-such as canvas, leather, or rubber-forming the web of the leggin, and B B are sockets stitched or otherwise secured to the outer surface of one edge of the web near the upper and lower ends thereof, the upper socket opening downward and the lower socket opening upward.. The sockets B B are formed from a single piece of metal, the return-piece a being formed before the socket portion a' is stamped in the metal. The stamped plate is turned upon itself to complete the socket, which consists of the front plate, b, the rear plate, b', and the closed end c. Openings are made in the socket for the passage of a wire or other fastening material.

tou-hole, or other suitable fastening device, y

may be used.

To secure the device upon the leg the web is wrapped around the same, the fastening being preferably outward, and the lower end of the spring-rod inserted in the lower socket. The rod is then bent until the upper end of said rod can enter the upper socket and let go, so that it straightens itself and holds in both sockets. The central'fastening device is then engaged. Y

The spring andsockets,besidesbeingaquick,

`ready, and secure means of supporting the leggins, form a support therefor, so that the device is self-supporting.

The device is cheap, effective, and easily taken off and put on.

Having described my invention, I clai1n- In a leggin, the combination, with the spring-bar, of the socket formed from one piece of metal, and consisting of the front plate, b, the rear plate, b', and having the .closed end c, the front plate being provided with the socket portion a', and reflected end adapted to engage the end of the springbar, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MILTON M. SWEEN Y. Witnesses:

HENRY C. LYON, J. H. DAWsoN. 

